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45 problem of residence as well. We went back to his house. His mother agreed to cook for me. I also got a room in a serai. Most of all, I got an interpreter in the form of that young man called Neelinto. I am not sure, but I think fourteen persons performed Bai’at during my stay there. When I was returning to the Gambia, many people came to see me off at the airport. May Allah keep them happy! I could not maintain contact with them afterwards. Tabligh Efforts Allah the Almighty, provided me with an interpreter, assistant and a sympathetic friend in the person of Neelinto. He used to come to me every morning and accompanied me all day long. We went to many governmental and non-governmental offices, schools and three embassies. We introduced Ahmadiyyat in all those places. We also arranged several meetings in different localities. By the Grace of Allah, we had some bai’ats. Baiats As a result of these individual and collective efforts, by the Grace of Allah, fourteen persons had the good fortune of performing bai’ats. Their names and addresses with detailed report were submitted to the Ameer of the Gambia Mission. Hamidullah Zafar’s Tour of Cape Verde In 1997, Hadrat Khalifatul-Masih IV rh put the countries initially allocated to the Gambia, into fewer than three emirates (administrative units). Thus Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde were put under Guinea-Bissau emirate with Hamidullah Zafar as the